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Klamath River Dams – KRRC’s Sediment Plan – A Ticking Time Bomb?

March 18, 2024 3:44 pmMarch 18, 2024 3:44 pm

The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’) has been misinforming everyone. And when anything goes terribly wrong, they claim it’s “as planned.” The 15-million cubic yards of remaining toxic lake bottom sediments pose a very real and significant threat to the...

The New Fed Contractor Rule is Great! …But Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Says the LA Times

March 18, 2024 2:50 pmMarch 18, 2024 2:50 pm

Sometimes alternate realities are fun. A good movie, an engrossing sci-fi book, thinking ever so briefly what you will do with all that money when the lottery ticket you just bought wins. Harmless escapism and, to be blunt, something...

Reedley Chinese Communist Party-Linked Lab: One Year Later

March 18, 2024 2:44 amMarch 18, 2024 10:23 am

It was exactly a year ago Saturday when officials with the City of Reedley executed a search warrant on what turned out to be a secret, Chinese Communist Party-linked laboratory in the middle of downtown. In the past year, the...

Frequently Asked Questions about Presiding Over the State Senate

March 18, 2024 2:30 amMarch 18, 2024 2:31 am

Is there only one person who presides over the California State Senate floor sessions? No, just like in the California State Assembly where several Assembly Members actually preside over the Floor Sessions, different senators preside over the State Senate during...

Three Suggested Changes to California’s Recall Law

March 16, 2024 2:43 amMarch 16, 2024 8:24 am

When I read about another recall effort being launched against California Governor Gavin Newsom, it prompted me to review the provisions of Article II of the state Constitution that provides for the three forms of direct democracy, including the recall....

Mayor Bass Signs Climate Agreement with Finland While Mayor Steinberg Calls for Gaza Cease-Fire

March 15, 2024 10:14 amMarch 15, 2024 10:26 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass just signed an agreement with Finland creating a partnership to confront climate change – together. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced Thursday that he will bring a resolution to the city council calling for a cease-fire...

Government Censorship on Trial: U.S. Supremes to Hear Arguments Monday

March 15, 2024 8:00 amMarch 15, 2024 11:49 am

The government-backed censorship-industrial complex goes on trial Monday when the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the most important free speech case in decades: Murthy v. Missouri. The lawsuit – brought by a pair of states and...